John Steinbeck’s birth chart
WriterBorn February 27, 1902, Salinas, California, United StatesDied December 20, 1968
Imaginative, gentle and very aware of how others feel.
- SunPiscesThe Dreamer
- MoonScorpioThe Vault
- VenusAquariusThe Kindred Spirit
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Pisces, the Dreamer
Imaginative, gentle and very aware of how others feel. People leave a conversation with him feeling understood. His purpose and his feelings were on the same side: the life he chose and the comfort he needed went together.
The Sun trine the Moon (close at 1.7°)
What he needed
Moon in Scorpio, the Vault
Feels everything strongly and privately. Needs trust, loyalty and honesty above all.
How he loved
Venus in Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit
Loves friend-first. Falls for a mind, needs room to breathe, and is drawn to people who are a little different. He loved with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he formed changed both people.
Venus trine Pluto (close at 2.1°)
How he thought
Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor
Original and future-minded. Thinks in systems and finds new ways to do old things. A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Mercury sextile Uranus (almost exact at 0.4°)
What drove him
Mars in Pisces, the Gentle Warrior
Moves by intuition and feeling. Finds strength in service and in standing up for someone else. A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
Mars square Pluto (close at 1.8°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his mind, his heart and his optimism (Mercury, Venus and Jupiter) gather in Aquarius, and that part of life drew his attention first. In his chart, air signs hold the most planets: ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
John Steinbeck was born five days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 74% lit, in Scorpio. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, twenty-one days before the March equinox.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day John Steinbeck was born, as it was on 67 days of 1902. How often the famous were
Venus retrograde
Venus was retrograde all the day John Steinbeck was born, as it was on 42 days of 1902. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For John Steinbeck, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1961, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1932. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Pisces
You and John Steinbeck
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.
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The chart
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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
John Steinbeck’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Pisces
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What is John Steinbeck’s zodiac sign?
Pisces. John Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902, with the Sun in Pisces, the Dreamer. Imaginative, gentle and very aware of how others feel. People leave a conversation with him feeling understood.
What is John Steinbeck’s Moon sign?
Scorpio, the Vault. Feels everything strongly and privately. Needs trust, loyalty and honesty above all.
What is John Steinbeck’s rising sign?
The rising sign needs the birth time to the minute, so this page leaves it out: everything on it held all day on February 27, 1902. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is John Steinbeck’s Venus sign?
Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit. Loves friend-first. Falls for a mind, needs room to breathe, and is drawn to people who are a little different.
How does your chart compare with John Steinbeck’s?
Set your chart beside John Steinbeck’s and see how the two meet, area by area: as friends, in love, in how you talk, working together and under one roof. It is free.
Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and John Steinbeck’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: McFadden Publications, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
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The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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